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[specter692000]

My mom owns a 1994 capri XR-2 turbo and from what we have been told the pick-up coil is dead.  

Now when we tried to start it before finding this out it would crank and crank but no fire, we had the smell of gas, so as far as we know the fuel assemble is good.

Can somebody help me track down this part or would buying a new distributor my best bet thanks guys

[Gostlrs]

russ will have one more then likely, if not i seen a XR2 Distro on EBAY this week.

[CapriTypeR]

Yep, Gostlrs is right! I do have one! Sounds like the ignitors in the dist. are shot.  They can be replaced, but, IMO, it'd be easier to just swap the whole unit. You could then keep the old one, and replace parts on it, and keep it as a spare.
I also have a XR2 computer, if that turns out to be the problem.
Email me with an offer: cougar1prod@comcast.net

--Russ

[specter692000]

well that really sucks because neither me nor her have the cash to get a new dis yet so i guess the car will sit for awhile which sucks cause she just put $300 tires on the car.  So how would i go about getting new parts for the dis, or would my best bet be to get the whole new di

[Gostlrs]

NAPA should have them..

Russ is super fair on his parts..Send him an email

[specter692000]

Yea I have been dealing with him on other parts for her car and just now remembered who he was when I sent him an email.

[Gostlrs]

sweet, the strutbar and few other parts are compliments of russ on my car

[specter692000]

what all type of trouble do these cars have down the line?

[Gus Kelley]

Hey Specter! The problems these cars have are nothing specific to Capris but cars in general. inside door pulls are probably the only things that a little more frequent than other cars. The more frequent problems that surface are door window mechanisms, headlight motors and shifter bushings in my experience. ECUs go out usually it is the connector is at the module is dirty. All of these are personal experiences.  Gus

[specter692000]

thanks gus

I was looking around on some other sites and was wondering if maybe a fuse is blown in the fuse panel, because I have yet to check them.

[Gus Kelley]

Hey Spector! Check fuses, thats always the first place with anything electrical. It's most likely  wire though and usually under the hood and near the dist.  Gus

[specter692000]

will do next chance i get

[specter692000]

Now my mom is wanting to know where i can find a new crate motor for her car.  

She would rater spend one big amount and get a new motor then keep trowing money at this one.

I know I know, but hey not my car just trying to help her out and know jack squat about these cars.

[Gus Kelley]

Hey Spector! Buying a crate motor won't help your problem. The don't come with Distributors or Electronics. Also they don't come with any Fuel Induction. You need a good service tech to find your problem. If you can't find one locally then Ricksservice is several hundred miles near-by in Indiana.  Gus

[Rocketman]

There is a post I made somewhere here that has a part # for the ignitor module, it is a Mitsubishi made part, and you can get on ebay fairly cheap. I'll see if I can dig it up